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Gandoor
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Postby Gandoor » Mon May 24, 2021 3:52 am

Really the entire point I'm trying to make here is that the mods wouldn't move a war RP from NS to II and they wouldn't move a non-war/non-confrontational RP from II to NS.
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South Reinkalistan
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Postby South Reinkalistan » Mon May 24, 2021 3:59 am

To be fair I think a war RP in NS would be moved if someone requested it.
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Gandoor
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Postby Gandoor » Mon May 24, 2021 4:24 am

Anyways,
People in this thread: RP quality has gone downhill

NS RP in 2003:
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Aureumterra III
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Postby Aureumterra III » Mon May 24, 2021 4:36 am

Gandoor wrote:Anyways,
People in this thread: RP quality has gone downhill

NS RP in 2003:

It’s crazy talking to some older RPers about how things were like a while ago, like NS stats being the norm and almost all RP being competitive strategy game-ish than the long collaborative stories we have going now
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Valentine Z
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Postby Valentine Z » Mon May 24, 2021 6:05 am

A bit of a FanT trope I realised and saw not just on NS but... in general: When there is something in a magical setting, it's either always magical elves, or dwarves that really knows their way around machines.

Give me magical dwarves and elves that can build death machines, dammit.
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Austria-Bohemia-Hungary
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Postby Austria-Bohemia-Hungary » Mon May 24, 2021 6:08 am

Spending all afternoon coming up with a completely "original" bullet for your fictional military only to have it never matter in an rp. That's me right now.

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Savroyska
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Ex-Nation

Postby Savroyska » Mon May 24, 2021 6:08 am

Valentine Z wrote:A bit of a FanT trope I realised and saw not just on NS but... in general: When there is something in a magical setting, it's either always magical elves, or dwarves that really knows their way around machines.

Give me magical dwarves and elves that can build death machines, dammit.


Oh god, I can just imagine elf death machines.

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Postby Valentine Z » Mon May 24, 2021 6:08 am

Austria-Bohemia-Hungary wrote:Spending all afternoon coming up with a completely "original" bullet for your fictional military only to have it never matter in an rp. That's me right now.

Ahhh, so it's an anti-matter bullet.
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Postby Savroyska » Mon May 24, 2021 6:09 am

Austria-Bohemia-Hungary wrote:Spending all afternoon coming up with a completely "original" bullet for your fictional military only to have it never matter in an rp. That's me right now.

I feel your pain
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Langenia
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Psychotic Dictatorship

Postby Langenia » Mon May 24, 2021 6:09 am

Gandoor wrote:Anyways,
People in this thread: RP quality has gone downhill

NS RP in 2003:


Huh. I'm glad I came 17 years later.
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Free Stalliongrad
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Postby Free Stalliongrad » Mon May 24, 2021 6:25 am

"Troll" nations that insert themselves in all the RPs on the front page of all three forums, fill in the application in a superficial or unrealistic way (most likely without understanding what the thread is about) and, in the unlikely event that it was accepted by the OP, will not participate even once. Except, perhaps, if it's one-line RP.

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Gandoor
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Postby Gandoor » Mon May 24, 2021 6:27 am

Honestly browsing the Jolt Archives can be pretty fun.

Like the earliest archived post ever on NS is:
How to Report a Bug, posted on 13 October 2002, exactly one month before the site went live.

That being said, I don't think that was THE ORIGINAL NATIONSTATES FORUM POST because the history page references the forum in the update notes for the v0.2 beta on 21 August 2002, so there were probably test posts beforehand that have long been deleted and forgotten.

But what I really wanna know is what the fuck is this shit, the earliest archived post in the International Incidents forum is from April 2002, long before NationStates even existed, and clearly has jack-all to do with NS, even in its earliest state. My best guess is that it was a thread that got accidentally moved to International Incidents at some point during the Jolt era.
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Nationalist Northumbria
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Postby Nationalist Northumbria » Mon May 24, 2021 6:31 am

Free Stalliongrad wrote:"Troll" nations that insert themselves in all the RPs on the front page of all three forums, fill in the application in a superficial or unrealistic way (most likely without understanding what the thread is about) and, in the unlikely event that it was accepted by the OP, will not participate even once. Except, perhaps, if it's one-line RP.

What?
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Western Fardelshufflestein
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Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Western Fardelshufflestein » Mon May 24, 2021 8:24 am

Valentine Z wrote:A bit of a FanT trope I realised and saw not just on NS but... in general: When there is something in a magical setting, it's either always magical elves, or dwarves that really knows their way around machines.

Give me magical dwarves and elves that can build death machines, dammit.

YES.
YES.

If someone makes this into a quality RP, I will sign up in an instant, consequences be damned.
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Romextly
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Postby Romextly » Mon May 24, 2021 8:36 am

Western Fardelshufflestein wrote:
Valentine Z wrote:A bit of a FanT trope I realised and saw not just on NS but... in general: When there is something in a magical setting, it's either always magical elves, or dwarves that really knows their way around machines.

Give me magical dwarves and elves that can build death machines, dammit.

YES.
YES.

If someone makes this into a quality RP, I will sign up in an instant, consequences be damned.

This may be my big break...

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Savroyska
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Ex-Nation

Postby Savroyska » Mon May 24, 2021 8:46 am

Western Fardelshufflestein wrote:
Valentine Z wrote:A bit of a FanT trope I realised and saw not just on NS but... in general: When there is something in a magical setting, it's either always magical elves, or dwarves that really knows their way around machines.

Give me magical dwarves and elves that can build death machines, dammit.

YES.
YES.

If someone makes this into a quality RP, I will sign up in an instant, consequences be damned.

well, every rp has to have one liners

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Postby Western Fardelshufflestein » Mon May 24, 2021 8:59 am

Savroyska wrote:
Western Fardelshufflestein wrote:YES.
YES.

If someone makes this into a quality RP, I will sign up in an instant, consequences be damned.

well, every rp has to have one liners

Savroyska makes death machine and conquers world

Good thing I'm an immortal android.
And a dragon. But that's another story.
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Socialist Macronesia
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Postby Socialist Macronesia » Mon May 24, 2021 12:16 pm

After a brief run in with a different RP forum site and several minutes of further research, I have concluded that somehow I've found RPs that are worse than the one-line posts in II. I can't share them with you because a good portion of them probably violate site rules (and somehow people still think they're just normal "military" RPs) but... these people don't even understand the difference between rifle ammo and pistol ammo. They literally think, and I quote, "bullets are universal". They also are running modern RPs with straight infantry, nothing else necessary. Their entire view of modern warfare is "chuck infantry at the other users." Naturally, there's even more godmodding because it's literally "who can make the biggest number" and it's hilarious some of these attempts... and I'm seeing people who are trying to argue that fucking one million is larger than a billion because, quote unquote "m comes after b", and that makes it bigger. I really can't tell if they're being sarcastic at this point or if they're just that stupid.
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Postby Atheris » Mon May 24, 2021 12:17 pm

Valentine Z wrote:A bit of a FanT trope I realised and saw not just on NS but... in general: When there is something in a magical setting, it's either always magical elves, or dwarves that really knows their way around machines.

Give me magical dwarves and elves that can build death machines, dammit.

I'm just saying: biopunk elves.
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Dayganistan
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Postby Dayganistan » Mon May 24, 2021 12:28 pm

Socialist Macronesia wrote:After a brief run in with a different RP forum site and several minutes of further research, I have concluded that somehow I've found RPs that are worse than the one-line posts in II. I can't share them with you because a good portion of them probably violate site rules (and somehow people still think they're just normal "military" RPs) but... these people don't even understand the difference between rifle ammo and pistol ammo. They literally think, and I quote, "bullets are universal". They also are running modern RPs with straight infantry, nothing else necessary. Their entire view of modern warfare is "chuck infantry at the other users." Naturally, there's even more godmodding because it's literally "who can make the biggest number" and it's hilarious some of these attempts... and I'm seeing people who are trying to argue that fucking one million is larger than a billion because, quote unquote "m comes after b", and that makes it bigger. I really can't tell if they're being sarcastic at this point or if they're just that stupid.

That sounds absolutely awful but also not far off NS
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Socialist Macronesia
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Postby Socialist Macronesia » Mon May 24, 2021 12:30 pm

Dayganistan wrote:
Socialist Macronesia wrote:After a brief run in with a different RP forum site and several minutes of further research, I have concluded that somehow I've found RPs that are worse than the one-line posts in II. I can't share them with you because a good portion of them probably violate site rules (and somehow people still think they're just normal "military" RPs) but... these people don't even understand the difference between rifle ammo and pistol ammo. They literally think, and I quote, "bullets are universal". They also are running modern RPs with straight infantry, nothing else necessary. Their entire view of modern warfare is "chuck infantry at the other users." Naturally, there's even more godmodding because it's literally "who can make the biggest number" and it's hilarious some of these attempts... and I'm seeing people who are trying to argue that fucking one million is larger than a billion because, quote unquote "m comes after b", and that makes it bigger. I really can't tell if they're being sarcastic at this point or if they're just that stupid.

That sounds absolutely awful but also not far off NS


NS players at least understand that there are things other than infantry on the battlefield. There's enough godmoddy tanks and planes and ships out there to prove that.
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Laka Strolistandiler
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Authoritarian Democracy

Postby Laka Strolistandiler » Mon May 24, 2021 12:36 pm

Atheris wrote:
Valentine Z wrote:A bit of a FanT trope I realised and saw not just on NS but... in general: When there is something in a magical setting, it's either always magical elves, or dwarves that really knows their way around machines.

Give me magical dwarves and elves that can build death machines, dammit.

I'm just saying: biopunk elves.

My country is essentially suicidal biopunk elves that are eager to die in a massive defensive war
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The Settlement Defense Front of Mars
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Ex-Nation

Postby The Settlement Defense Front of Mars » Mon May 24, 2021 12:38 pm

People talking about elves huh? How about elves armed with muskets and a wolf?

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Vladilan
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Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby Vladilan » Mon May 24, 2021 12:42 pm

Socialist Macronesia wrote:After a brief run in with a different RP forum site and several minutes of further research, I have concluded that somehow I've found RPs that are worse than the one-line posts in II. I can't share them with you because a good portion of them probably violate site rules (and somehow people still think they're just normal "military" RPs) but... these people don't even understand the difference between rifle ammo and pistol ammo. They literally think, and I quote, "bullets are universal". They also are running modern RPs with straight infantry, nothing else necessary. Their entire view of modern warfare is "chuck infantry at the other users." Naturally, there's even more godmodding because it's literally "who can make the biggest number" and it's hilarious some of these attempts... and I'm seeing people who are trying to argue that fucking one million is larger than a billion because, quote unquote "m comes after b", and that makes it bigger. I really can't tell if they're being sarcastic at this point or if they're just that stupid.

aillion
billion
cillion
dillion
eillion
fillion
gillion
hillion
iillion
jillion
killion
lillion
million
nillion
oillion
...
the ussr never broke up until the 2000s, it's puppets split off violently, and then a reverse Russian revolution happened.
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Ex-Nation

Postby Savroyska » Mon May 24, 2021 12:42 pm

Socialist Macronesia wrote:After a brief run in with a different RP forum site and several minutes of further research, I have concluded that somehow I've found RPs that are worse than the one-line posts in II. I can't share them with you because a good portion of them probably violate site rules (and somehow people still think they're just normal "military" RPs) but... these people don't even understand the difference between rifle ammo and pistol ammo. They literally think, and I quote, "bullets are universal". They also are running modern RPs with straight infantry, nothing else necessary. Their entire view of modern warfare is "chuck infantry at the other users." Naturally, there's even more godmodding because it's literally "who can make the biggest number" and it's hilarious some of these attempts... and I'm seeing people who are trying to argue that fucking one million is larger than a billion because, quote unquote "m comes after b", and that makes it bigger. I really can't tell if they're being sarcastic at this point or if they're just that stupid.



"m comes after b"

...what?
these people consider one million to be greater than one billion because of THAT?!
what...i just...what?

welp, that just killed the last of my brain cells that were massacred because of discord


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